African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS name details

Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

208458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208458)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Mytilus margaritiferus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208458 on 2026-09-05

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pteria margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208458 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-17 14:06:08Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-03-12 15:24:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-12-27 21:03:36Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 704 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Odhner, N. H. J. (1919). Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 12(6): 1-52., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)